IBM X3850 X6 User Manual

Chapter 3. Product information 65
The internals of the Compute Book are shown in Figure 3-12. The system board of the
Compute Book has two sides on which all components reside.
Figure 3-12 Compute Book with the side covers removed
Figure 3-13 shows the Compute Book from the front where two hot-swap fans are located.
Figure 3-13 Front view of the Compute Book, front and rear views of fans
As shown in Figure 3-13, the Compute Book has two buttons that are hidden behind the
upper fan module, a light path diagnostic button and a slider to unlock the release handle.
Use the light path diagnostic button to determine a failed DIMM module on the Compute
Book. The appropriate DIMM error LED located on the Compute Book board should be lit.
Use the slider to unlock the release handle to enable you to remove the Compute Book from
the chassis.
Intel Xeon E7-4800 v2 or
E7-8800 v2 processor
12x DIMM slots on
right side of the
Compute Book
12x DIMM slots on
left side of the
Compute Book
Two hot-swap
dual-motor fans
Two dual-
motor fans
Button to unlock
the release handle
Light path
diagnostics
button
Fan front view
Fan rear view
Release
handle

IBM X3850 X6 Specifications

General

Chipset	Intel C602J
Network Controller	Integrated quad-port Gigabit Ethernet
Processor	Up to four Intel Xeon E7-4800 v2 series processors or Intel Xeon E7-8800 v2 series processors
Memory	Up to 6 TB of DDR3 ECC Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) or Load-Reduced DIMMs (LRDIMMs)
Form Factor	4U rack server
Storage	Up to 24x 2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs
Expansion Slots	Up to 11 PCIe 3.0 slots
Power Supply	Up to four 1400W or 900W hot-swap power supplies
Memory Type	DDR3 RDIMM/LRDIMM
Storage Controller	ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA controller
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Operating System Support	Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware